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Exposure to Dryness Subindex
Dryness is related to aridity and availability of water resources and is an essential
phenomenon and an indicator for determining the negative impacts of climate
change. Variations in temperature (such as the capacity of the climate to evaporation) and the decrease in rainfall (as a source of water) have repercussions in various
Fig. 17.2 Mexican coastal socio-ecological system: five regions, 17 coastal states, and 266 municipalities (divided in 271 due to the size of five municipalities in Baja California Peninsula)
AGREGATION
LEVEL
INDEX
SUBINDEX
INDICATORS
- EXPOSURE TO HURRICANES
SENSITIVITY
SUBINDEX
- EXPOSURE TO DRYNESS
- EXPOSURE TO MARINE
FLOODS
• Temperature
• Coastal dimension
• Protected area
• Municipal Risk Atlas
• Municipal planning institute
• Municipal CC adaptation plan
• Coastal vegetation
• Demography
• Land use
• Precipitation
• Hurricane
• Coastal flood
• Sea level rise
ADAPTATION CAPACITY
SUBINDEX
COASTAL VULNERABILITY
TO CLIMATE CHANGE
Fig. 17.3 Climate change coastal vulnerability model based on the selected indicators
G. Seingier et al.